Mapuche uprising of 1723

Parliament of Negrete The Mapuche uprising of 1723 was a rebellion of the Mapuche (an indigenous people of western South America) against the Spanish Empire and its colonial administration in present-day Chile.

[3] On August Mapuche toki Vilumilla pushed north occupying Isla del Laja, that is the lands between Bío Bío and Laja rivers.

[3] The Spanish led by Manuel de Salamanca attacked a Mapuche encampment of warriors August 24, a day of heavy rain.

The Mapuche initially fought with tenacity but came to believe they were being surrounded so they fled the scene.

[3] Eventually, peace was established by treaty again on February 13, 1726 in the Parliament of Negrete.